It‘s easy to Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar. Hope some of you interested in building will take the plunge with a little encouragement! The plans are in PDF format and available as one sheet or 4 sections that can be printed and tiled together for a 12-3/4' by 17' scale print. Full printouts of both fret board layouts are also provided.
The drawing has all details for both 22-1/2' and 24' scales and alternate bridge plate and pick guard ideas. The instrument plan is roughly patterned after an Oahu Tonemaster with the body profile scaled to match the shorter scale length. My personal preferences: 23" scale, 10mm string spacing at the bridge, 9mm at the nut.Free 22-1/2' / 24' lap steel plan - The Steel Guitar Forum Free 22-1/2' / 24' lap steel plan Author Topic: Free 22-1/2' / 24' lap steel plan Randy Cordle Member From: Illinois, USA posted 25 August 2006 07:37 PM Hi, Thought I would pass along a free lap steel plan that I have posted on my website. ) About string spacing: same as guitar on a 6-string near the bridge, usually slightly smaller string distance on 8-strings some lap steels have the strings tapering towards the nut (like "regular" guitars), others keep them parallel all the way to the nut - again, with parallel striungs bar a slants are easier to play. ) About scale: you can find steels with scales from 21" to 26", but 22-1/2", 23" and 24" seem to be most pouplar - longer scales give more sustain & clearer tones, shorter scales make "bar slants" easier (that's when you hold the steel bar at an angle to play double stops on different strings & different frets). ) If the cover hinders you damping the strings depends on your style of playing - for most traditional styles of lap steel playing, you don't use "palm mutes" (like on regular guitar), so the cover wouldn't really be a problem - most lap steelers pick much closer to the neck, and while they DO use their palms to damp the strings (not for "muted" playing, but to stop the strings from ringing when eg changing to another chord/note), they don't do it close to the bridge. ) No special strings - you just need the right combination og gauges for the tuning you are planning on using.
0 kommentar(er)
